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Major development in the Business Processes module has been undertaken in Version 11.0, especially concerning integration with other modules. The visual template editor has been improved significantly [*]The visual template editor has been improved significantly [*]New actions have been added:  Condition TRUE and Task [*]New business...

In Version 11 of the product, the number of events which are recorded in the Event Log has been expanded. The Event Log is for the most part a tool for monitoring events which have occurred in the site or in the intranet.  As a rule, it is for use by top administration or the portal’s main technical administrator. At present, events connected with users (authorization, registration, password changes, etc. ), with access privileges, files and folders, infoblocks, document libraries, forums...

A new service, Idea Management, is included in the most recent version of the product.  Any employee can express a new thought about the operations of the company, and all users can vote on it and comment. How to work with ideas The idea section itself is something like a collective blog where each post is a new idea.  Voting and comments on each idea can continue indefinitely, and management can easily see what is popular or what is believed to be an improvement for the company’s operation...

Version 11.0 has updated working time reporting functionality which I introduced to you already. There is nothing fundamentally different now: employees sign into the portal, create a plan for the day and a report of work done at the end of the day before signing...

The expanded regime for access rights allows permission to be assigned to objects based on 4 categories: user groups, individual users, social groups (workgroups in Bitrix Intranet), and the company structure (intranet only). Objects to which access may be granted in this way  include: elements and sections of infoblocks, files and folders in the site structure, elements and statuses in the CRM, records and sections in lists, and documents and folders in document libraries. [CUT] The interface...

Version 11.0 has support for Schema.org microformats in the  Online Store site solution. Schemas are standard semantic data markups which allows Google, Bing and Yahoo! search engines to better categorize data.  Schema.org contains a listing of schemas which...

... simply begin another session, open the form, and a friendly yellow ribbon will appear across the top of the form mentioning that data has been saved and offering to restore it. Let’s see how this works. http://video.1c-bitrix.ru/eng_guides/bsm/bsm_11.0_autosave.flv In detail Autosave is featured in most administrative forms in both the front end and the back end. Autosave itself, as a setting for the product, is found in the Control Panel under the User Interface Settings as seen below (Desktop>Settings>System...

Version 11 has a mechanism for creating short URLs and re-directing them.  Now you can create a short link to a page using a memorable word or phrase and use it for direct access to a particular page on your site. Short URL – is a function that allows you to change the appearance of an address of any page in your domain.  So, a link that looks like this:  http://www.your_site.com/support/training/course/index.php?COURSE_ID=20&CHAPTER_ID=669 can be changed to something much simpler, like http://...

... unsatisfied with the developer. Trust breaks down.  Time and energy are spent on both finding the cause of the problem and rebuilding the relationships. The Project Quality Control tool in BSM is designed to avoid such situations. [CUT] Version 11.0 gives the web developer the chance to run a thorough inspection of the site before handover to the client who, for his part, receives an objective measure of the quality of the implementation without having to learn anything about the system itself...

Passwords for most sites are sent in open text form, unless the site has SSL engaged. Many sites do not use SSL for administrative reasons, leaving passwords vulnerable.  In Version 11.0, we have solved part of this problem by imbedding an encryption code for Secure Authorization. This function encrypts passwords entered into the authorization form of websites, preventing password stealing (stops sniffing); however, it is not...

As you probably know, Version 11.0 of the product introduces support for time zones.  Let’s take a look at what this entails and how to use the time zone feature.  I will discuss both user-side issues and back-end settings for developers. [CUT] First, some basic principles ...

... console of the Google API activate Legacy Access and billing. [*]Register on Amazon and activate access to S3.  The access key and the secret key can be obtain on the Security Credentials page. In any site working on Bitrix Site Manager with Version 11.0 installed, one or more cloud storages may be connected.  There is a section in the Control Panel where cloud storages are managed: Desktop>Settings>Cloud Storages. Adding a Cloud Storage The Bucket field is the name of the container...